DOJ charges 455 in $6.5B healthcare fraud crackdown (opens original article in a new tab)

The Justice Department has charged 455 people in a $6.5 billion healthcare fraud operation, including a Texas nurse practitioner, a hospice owner, and a Florida heart doctor accused of billing for unnecessary medical tests.

• DOJ charges 455 individuals in $6.5B healthcare fraud case
• Nurse practitioner in Texas billed Medicare for unnecessary wound-care procedures
• Hospice owner paid kickbacks to funeral home employee for deceased Medicare beneficiaries
• Heart doctor Jason Finkelstein charged in $89M fraud scheme involving unnecessary cardiovascular tests